by Gordon Barratt | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Cat 793F autonomous mining truck. Fortescue has rolled out its 100th autonomous haul truck conversion at its Chichester Hub in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Complete conversion of its 108 haul truck fleet at the Chichester Hub is expected to complete in...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 24, 2020 | News
Image: Marmota. South Australian exploration company Marmota is using biogeochemical sampling of tree leaves to unearth new gold deposits in the prospective Gawler Craton. Marmota has already used the tree sampling technique to advance exploration in the area, which...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 24, 2020 | News
(File) Miners search for jade stones at the HpaKant jade mining area, Kachin State, northern Myanmar At least two jade scavengers were killed and five others injured in a landslide in Myanmar’s northernmost state of Kachin on Tuesday, a local official said,...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 24, 2020 | News
BHP has appointed JP Morgan to sell the miner’s Australian thermal coal mine Mt Arthur in Newcastle, in east coast of Australia, in a bid to achieve BHP’s long-term goal of reducing carbon footprint, a source close to the matter said June 24. There were no...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 24, 2020 | News
A wall of coal at Peabody Energy’s North Antelope Rochelle Mine in the Powder River Basin. (WyoFile) Coal country in America is in the midst of a historic transition. Whether it’s Welch, West Virginia or Cumberland, Kentucky or Gillette, communities that have...
by Gordon Barratt | Jun 23, 2020 | News
The Brucejack mine Intermediate gold producer Pretium Resources (Pretivm) on Monday announced that David Prins had resigned as VP, operations and that he would leave the company at the end of August, or a mutually agreed date. Prins was appointed VP, operations in...
